Who are you, Valpo, Portage, La Porte County, Northwest Indiana, Michiana? Are you a mom who would like to rave about her kids, or commend another mom in town, a teacher, your husband, a neighbor, a shop you love, or your own Mom or Dad? Are you a...
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Region pride: What’s the deal?
How do we define Region pride? Is it based on our industrial heritage? Is it based on a combination of mostly Illinois and Indiana people who blend together to make a unique Northwest Indiana? Is it because some organization tells us we are proud? Is...
Read MoreAI and journalism: Can we work together?
Turning on the news today, it’s difficult to avoid the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). From AI chatbots like Eliza helping people with their mental health to support chat AIs making up entire refund policies, it’s obvious that, like any...
Read MoreGraduation Station 2024
We are so thrilled to have captured so many different varieties of photos to celebrate 2024 graduates this year. No matter what—we're there to cover these moments in whatever form they take. Caps off to all 2024 grads for perseverance! Don't forget...
Read MoreNorthern Indiana Media in the Spotlight
Northern Indiana is packed with outstanding, talented journalists, and we here at GreatNews.Life have taken the opportunity to interview several of them to tell their stories - finding out who they are and what they contribute to the area outside of...
Read MoreGood Life Awards: Recognizing the great people in great news
Behind every piece of great news, there’s an even greater person. When GreatNews.Life (GNL) began, focusing on just the good news happening in the Region was seen as something that couldn’t be sustained, and it wouldn’t have been possible if it...
Read MoreCapturing the best moments of Popcorn Festival: 15 years of Great News
GreatNews.Life and the City of Valparaiso have grown together over the past 15 years, and that is most clear at Valparaiso Events’ Popcorn Festival. Whether attending the parade, discovering local musicians at the kickoff concerts, or participating...
Read MoreWe’re just not the place for that
One morning around 9 a.m., back in 2010, I had three interactions with people, and each of them in their unique way called to mind the principle philosophy of our mission. We stress our core principles of “Local” and “Good” in a blatant,...
Read MoreGood People Awards – Crazy Idea of the Day
See how the Good Life Awards have grown by checking out this year's highlight article! I love to write. I wish I had a lot more time to write. It is really the only way I have found to get all the thoughts out of my head that run around every day....
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